I get it. Fictional characters are there to provoke our (us readers/viewers) thoughts and evaluation, ergo judging them is an essential part of storytelling. Hence, a lot of the times, judgments we give are warranted.
But sometimes, especially in this community, a lot of readers judge characters like they're real people, often missing the point of their character flaws or what narrative purpose it intends to serve. Projecting your moral standards every chance you get defeats the purpose of reading and actually understanding a story, and I can't even imagine how unenjoyable it must if you're constantly demanding every character you encounter to fit your own moral framework. Sometimes a character is just the way they are, even when you fundamentally disagree with them. Accepting that doesn't mean you're excusing them. That dynamic is legit one of the wonders of fiction and storytelling.
TL;DR It's fucking fiction, a BL work with a theme that could literally slap you in the face with the title alone. Calm down.
and I hope this one will get its own too (no matter how unlikely it is). It just has to be done as good as go for it nakamura, particularly the same level of love and care. This story truly deserves more people seeing it.
Anyway, nth time reading this and I'm still so excited.
But the complete 180 between the Chan-young we first see versus 10 (or so) chapters later is so goddamn drastic that it makes me think the author themself didn't know where the story will go at first. The switch-up just came out of nowhere and didn't really feel consistent at first, that's my sole critique.
That said, I fucking love the latter version of Chan-young!!! and of course his and Hyunjin's chemistry together.
Tons of other scanlators have the decency to at least separate whoever did which. Like come on
Because what do you mean this is the way these two are handling this issue LMAOOOO
They don't have any similarity aside from revolving around a specific play, but the ending really reminded me of Hamnet so much---like a polar opposite version of it.
All that being said, I'm glad I found this again and got to finish it. It's a solid 9/10. Wish it was longer, wish it had more smut. I genuinely appreciate a character who's had a terrible childhood but managed to grow up into a decent and independent human being. A lot of other dark BL mangas/manhwas love to use upbringing as an easy justification for manipulative and downright rotten behavior so this is truly a breath of fresh air. The chemistry is on point, and the overall pacing is actually really good especially for a straight/one-sitting read.
What you said abt Andrew I think Is so true. I notice how so many manwhas use traumatic upbringings as an excuse for everything they do and I hate it because it causes such a stigma that 1. That’s acceptable behavior and 2. That everyone who grew up with trauma will end up like this. I loved how Andrew was still just a normal guy regardless of what happened to him
I love them but I miss their old hair lmao when are we going back?
Someone's clearly gonna die soon
Lmao I know but at least we know it's the past
Chapters keep getting shorter but man I just love this work so much